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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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#### 49G Partnerships
49G Partnerships
> > (1) It is unlawful for a firm consisting of 6 or more partners, or for any one or more of 6 or more persons proposing to form themselves into a partnership, to discriminate against a person on the ground of disability—
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> > > (a) in the arrangements made for the purpose of determining who should be offered a position as partner in the firm, or
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> > > (b) in determining who should be offered a position as partner in the firm, or
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> > > (c) in the terms on which the person is offered a position as partner in the firm.
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> > (2) It is unlawful for a firm consisting of 6 or more partners to discriminate against a partner on the ground of disability—
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> > > (a) by denying the partner access, or limiting the partner’s access, to any benefit arising from membership of the firm, or
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> > > (b) by expelling the partner from the firm, or
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> > > (c) by subjecting the partner to any other detriment.
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> > (3) Nothing in subsection (1) (b) or (2) (b) renders unlawful discrimination by a person against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability if taking into account the other person’s past training, qualifications and experience relevant to the proposed partnership or the partnership and, if the other person is already a partner, the other person’s performance as a partner, and all other relevant factors that it is reasonable to take into account, the other person because of his or her disability—
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> > > (a) would be unable to carry out the inherent requirements of a partner in the proposed partnership or the partnership, or
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> > > (b) would, in order to carry out those requirements, require services or facilities that are not required by persons without that disability and the provision of which would impose an unjustifiable hardship on the partnership.
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> **ss 49E–49H:** Ins 1981 No 15, Sch 1 (3). Am 1982 No 142, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1994 No 28, Sch 3 (2).